Archive for December 11th, 2007

Freedom!

Published on December 11, 2007 in La la la, Nature and Travel. 2 Comments

Today, i had the freedom to wake up at WHATEVER time i wanted… do you know how rare that is?!

To wake up when you want - without contemplation of work, a monkey on your back regarding something you have to do, rushing to get ready to see a friend you have to meet, worrying whether the person you’re waking up with wants to get up already, laundry to throw into the machine, chores you have to get done.

Today, i pulled a Kevin Pleased

And it FELT SO GOOD.
I buried my face into my pillow, its smell, why, smelling of me! and continued snoozing till well past noon.
Absolutely glorious.
Bliss.

Was in a 100% contented mood when i woke up (finally).

Threw my bedsheets into the washing machine, since it was so sunny and all.
Then when it was done, it started to storm.
-_-

Met up with AshleyTheMonkey + PassedOutBen and we did something like the old times: simply yam-chaed all afternoon.

Last night was fab. I got a call from an unknown number:
“Hey, what’re you doing?!” - unknown person
“… Working. At home. Who’s this?”
“You don’t know who this is? So what you doing later?!”

Then i recognised the voice.
AlcoJason.
I TOTALLY forgot he was coming back yesterday!!!

Needless to say, i dropped EVERYTHING i had on my agenda and ran off to spend time with him.

I’ve been a prisoner of my own emotions. A double-edged sword. With extreme circumstances that line itself on either sharpened end. I hate the feeling, yet i drown in it with joy.

I can’t wait to go traveling in January again. The euphoria of being carefree and submerging myself in a world that doesn’t involve deadlines, coordinated fashion and social politics is… welcoming and a world in which i can see myself in.

Again. I should have been born in the 60s -_-

This is me being give-no-fuck on Mount Batur:

Mt Batur

MUNCH!

Because boiled eggs just taste so much better in higher altitude.

Okay. Time to see MaryBerry now! *scampers off*

 

The Word ‘Advertorial’

Published on December 11, 2007 in Blogs. 3 Comments

A short while back, i was invited to speak in Segi College regarding New Media.

Forum @ Segi College

One of the points i touched on during the forum was on why one should state ‘advertorial’ on a published piece that is paid for. Needless to say, you will most certainly find printed publications out there who do not comply to this. It will never be an issue that will be prevented completely because, hey, as long as the publishing company can afford to execute and print, the only factor it boils down to is ethics.

The same goes for bloggers, as it should.

It’s inevitable that blogs are fast becoming an advertising medium for clients, and some of the questions i’ve been asked constantly are “Do you have to put ‘advertorial’ there?” and “Why?”

No, i don’t *have* to. But why i do it is because i want my audience to discern the difference between a post i’m being paid to publish, and something i’m writing out of my own free time and will. As a result of the Journalism Values & Ethics in New Media Conference, a portion in their value of protocols is dedicated to commercial pressure - “The audience will be able to clearly distinguish between editorial content and advertising, including advertorials and other advertising models as they emerge.”

So it’s not so much the point that we, as bloggers, have to write it. I just think it’s something we should do because if you treasure your audience, as does your audience your word, then at the very least state if something’s there because you’re being paid for it. Do not mistake my words, for there are many advertorials whose brands i rave about because i memang adore them already, so that makes it easier.

Read more about the protocols *here*